Social Democrats Struggle to Overcome Merkel

8/20/2013 8:51AM

The Social Democrats’ leader, Peer Steinbruck, has struggled to dent the popularity of Chancellor Angela Merkel, not least because of his occasional media gaffes. Harriet Torry looks at where the party’s best strategy lies.

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